Galaxy is the latest videogame in a long line of Mario platformgames. This widely anticipated game wasreleased in November 2007. As the titlesuggests the game is set in a vastuniverse. Super Mario Galaxy is quitedifferent than most other games in thisgenre. However, it is not totally dissimilarto previous

, inparticular Super Mario 64 (released onthe Nintendo 64 games console). It sharesthe same vibrant colour scheme of otherSuper Mario titles. The music sound trackfits into the game excellently. The samefamiliar enemies that you would expect tosee are all present and on patrol in thegalaxies. In fact the actual gameplayelement has changed very little since theearliest two dimensional Mario Bros.game was introduced 26 years ago in1983 (according to Wikipedia). The

gameplay still involves jumping oncoopers, hitting blocks, collecting power-up mushrooms and going up and downdrain pipes. There is an abundance of gold coins and power-ups to be collectedthroughout most of the levels. The onlyreal difference is the way that you controlthe main character using the Wii Remoteand nunchuk. The Nintendo Wii remote handset is usedas a pointing device displayed on thescreen by a small icon.Mario has been given a large number of special moves that he can perform. Tomake Mario spin shake the Wii Remotefrom side to side. The spin technique canbe used to attack enemies, break objectssuch as wooden crates or to interact withdevices. To make Mario jump higher than usual itis possible to spin whilst jumping to gain

more height. Mario has the ability toperform consecutive jumps, backwardsummersaults, wall kicks (rebound off opposite walls to ascend), sidewayssummersaults, long jumps and he canpound the ground or enemies. Mario canswim, dive, throw and catch shells, skate,grab onto poles and crouch down.Mario can read signs and speak to in-game characters when prompted onscreen.A Cosmic Adventure with Super Mario There are several mystical charactersthat Mario has to interact with in thisgame to make progress. Ultimately Mariohas a task master called Rosalina who isthe head of the comet observatory. Thecomet observatory is also home to smallfloating colourful characters called starchildren also known as Luma. The elder of the star children is called Polari. The Toads of the Mushroom Kingdom arenumerous and ever present and can